Out of School Hours Care Educator
What the work is
Provides education and care for school age children before/after school and during school holidays.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Contributes to the design, planning, implementation and documentation of school age children's educational leisure programs based on an approved learning framework
- Supports the daily routines, transitions and programs of school age children
- Promotes the safety, health and wellbeing of staff, children and visitors
- Develops positive relationships with other educators, school staff, school age children and families
- Complies with out of school hours care service policies and national and/or state-based legislation
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a school hall and playground, used for after-school care and holiday programs. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A shy child leads a game for the first time and the others follow
- A holiday program day where everyone is busy, laughing and tired in the right way
- A parent tells you their child asks to come to care instead of going home
Hard days
- A rainy holiday day and thirty children stuck inside with no outdoor space
- A fight between two children who were best friends yesterday
- A parent who is late again and a child watching the door
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 431431, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.